Vulnerability of the north Alaska Highway to permafrost thaw: Design options and climate change adaptation

• Other Authors: Calmels, Fabrice (Author), Dore, Guy (Author), Kong, Xiangbing (Author), Roy, Louis-Philippe (Author), Lemieux, Chantal (Author), Horton, Brian (Author)
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: Yukon Research Centre 2016
• Subjects: Highway engineering; Permafrost; Climate changes; Burwash Landing; Yukon; Ice; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/yukonu%3A40

The Alaska Highway between Burwash Landing and the Yukon/Alaska border is underlain by extensive discontinuous, warm and frequently ice-rich permafrost. The disturbance caused by construction of the road and climate warming has already led to the thawing of permafrost, which has had an impact on the...